The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-02-10
MINNESOTA DAIRY CONVENTION.
synopsis Of the Proceedings Of the State Dairy.
mems Association at Albert Lea.


mems Association at Albert Lea.
The ass 0ciaton was called to order by
President Fowler; f.. g. Potter introduced
the following
Resolved, That we. the State Dairy
mems association here assembled, respect
fully demand the immediate passage oil
the bill known Us the oleomargarine bill,
in order to give immediate relief to the
dairy interests Of the state.
1t was unanimously adopted and the
resolution ordered sent to Senator Good
rich and Representative Emery, OF the leg.
islature. c F. Dexter Of Chicago spoke
strongly i'll favor of good butter aud the
encouragement OF the manufacture OF OLE
onIargarIne.
1t was suggested by Mrs. NJ. II. Lamb.
that many Of the defects were caused by
the feed given the COW, and il farmers paid
closer attention they could largely remedy
the objections. Capt. L. h. Pickett OF
Freeborn county wondered why creamery
butter was always in better demand than
good dairy butter, and SIR. Dexter thought
it was because Of the uniform excellence of
that made by the creamery and the great
disparity i'll dairy products.
Ms. Lamb gave an interesting resume Of
her manner Of manufacture and experience
sion men were great educators and did
much to raise the standard OF excellence,
only manufacturers would not stick to the
same man, and in chang ing from one to
another they had no stable market and
no standing among dealers.
Prof. Fowler said: He had good cows,
kept them clean, well fed. and gave them
warm water in the winter. He had for
twenty years delivered his butter to Gus
nj 1a2
thing come back. We made last year PA
pounds per COW to thirty-six COWS Of the
Shorthorn Durham breed, the price last
year being u cents per pound, while this
year if is but 25la cents. As to the age OF
cows, he said he had those twelve years Of
age that made over two pounds per day.
and he believed Shorthorns do not de-
velope until they are four or five years
old. Plainly there was great difference
in the breed. His experience was that a
thrce-year-old was not much better than
ii two-year old. \ good cow could be pro-
fitably MIXED until it was twelve Or four
teen years Old.
j. Ii. Mourad OF Chicago addressed the
convention On our Prime, Medium and
Poor Butter"
A discussion followed in which Assistant
Dairy commissioner Howard took part
and showed the dangers OF the use OF oleo-
margarine. reading from the report OF the
dairy commissioner. He was followed by
Mcssrs. Smith and Mourad, the latter
saying that our poor dairy butter could
not stand the competition Of foreign butter
inc.
Mrs NJ. II. Lamb read a paper, How to
Make Dairylng Success. She advocated
10 operation OF all on the farm and the
best Of care 70 the COW. She gave touch
ing picture oi the condition OF the farmers
wives. making strong argument for their
Improvement.
Mr.. Howard read a paper on The I'm.
portance of Testing Milk saving:
| have tested the mill, OF several hundred
cows to find the average per cent OF cream
the results ranging from to 26 per cent.
The 8 per cent. cream was from cows fed on
brewers malt. The 20 per cent cream was
from cows fed on clover hay oats and corn
meal.
Mrs. c. Y. Holmes read a pointed paper
entitled "Womans Rights on a Farm
Mrs Holmes referred to the life of wom-
an on the farm, and recited some OF the
want OF attention afforded her by the lords
OF creation, declaring that she ought to
have the right to vote.
She closed by reading 'Socrat es Snooks.'
Prof. Cyrus Northrup, OF the state uniyer-
sity, was called upon, and proceeded to
make plain the necessity of diversified
necessity OF cleanliness.
A paper by c. 5. Smith Of Minneapolis
on The Farm and Market Garden was
read. 1t was practical paper, showing
how anybody can have an excellent garden
at very slight expense. wherein every vege-
table may be raised very easily.
Mr.. Corbett OF ST. Paul read the paper
by Mr.. McGinnis on blue grass in Mimi
esota, and showed the benefits OF raising
nor
duced, and gave brief account OF the
university OF the state and the college OF
agriculture.
Prof. Northrop gave an explanation oi
all work done by the state expert mental
farm saying that the atari OF five students
this year should he increased to forty-fve
next and eigat-tive the following year
He did not desire to prolons contro-
versy as to the ACCESSIBILITY of separating
the university and farm, He gave brel
history of the founding OF the stateinstitu.
ton Of learning and the work it is intend.
ed to do, showing how any young person
Of common school education could enter
and graduate.
NEW OFFICERS.
The election OF officers resulted RS fol.
lows:
President, E. G. Potter; First vice presi-
dent, Frank Clifford, Shakopee; second
vice president, Z. Z. Marvin, Rochester:
secretary, f. d. Holmes Owatonna; treas.
nrer, Maj. Mckinstry; directors, Charles La
Nesconte, Hastings; A. u. Johnson. Albert
Lea; III. c. Howard, :. NJ. Emery, Lake
City, and j, 7. Ames, Northfield
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the profits OF dairyius
among the farmers of Minnesota depends
upon a careful selection OF cows, good feed
ing, warm stabling i'll winter and an intel
ligent handling o! the milk and butter
Recognizing the necessity for IL thorough
dissemination of correct information ca
this subject we respectfully ask the press
OF the state and all others interested in
the prosperity OF the commonwealth to
aid us in spreading such knowledge broad
cast among the people,
Resolved, That it is the unanimous wish
OF this convention that theb i'll now before
our legislature, providing for the holding OF
farmers Institutes, should be passed and
that we call upon our representatives there
60 give it their aid. as we believe it the best
method vet devised OF spreading proper
agricultural knowledge among the people.
Resolved, That the thanks Of this conven,
ton are due to President Northrop for his
courteous response 10 its request to eN-
plain the administration of the agrieul,
tural department OF our university. That
confidence in the policy OF concentrating
our educatlona work is increased. That
we appoint committee of three to coop
crate with tho faculty in the effort to
make the advantage of that department
of the university better understood and to
increase the attendance.
'Creamories and their Products" was
the subject OF n paper by Mai. P, A. Nc.
kinstry of Winnebago City.
Referring to the charge that ereameries
were slovenly, he said there was some rea.
son in it, but much error. 81 prophesy
that Minnesota win be creanery-sus,
tanning state. for while there will be large
dairy interests, the bulk OF the work must
noe done by creameries. for they can Ger.
tainly do it much cheaper and better.
1he custom of providing warm water
ior cows Was generally endorsed. f. D.
Holmes gave his experience in heating wa
ter Tor his cows, and was greatly pleased
with the result. Prof, Fowler said it only
cost him five cents per day for heating wa.
ter for sevensy-tive head of cattle
SECRETARY Holmes delivered an address
upon ensilage and it's benefits, giving di,
rections for the making OF ~ slo.
An alr-tight room was the one thing